Form 8.3 - ARRIVA

FORM 8.3

PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY
A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE
Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

1.   KEY INFORMATION

(a) Identity of the person whose
    positions/dealings
    are being disclosed:                                    BARCLAYS PLC
(b) Owner or controller of interests and short
    positions disclosed, if different from
    1(a):
    The naming of nominee or vehicle companies
    is insufficient
(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to
    whose relevant securities this form
    relates:                                               Arriva Plc - amendment
    Use a separate form for each
    offeror/offeree
(d) If an exempt fund manager connected with
    an offeror/
    offeree, state this and specify identity
    of offeror/offeree:
(e) Date position held/dealing undertaken:                  19 April 2010
(f) Has the discloser previously disclosed, or              YES
    are they today disclosing, under the Code
    in respect of any other party
    to this offer?
                                                  If YES, specify which: Arriva



2.   POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

(a)  Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or
offeree to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if any)

Class of relevant security:

                            Interests             Short positions
                          Number      %          Number       %
(1) Relevant
    securities
    wned and/or
    controlled:        4,213,408   2.11%         11,272    0.01%
(2) Derivatives
    (other
    than options):                            2,346,222    1.18%
(3) Options and
    agreements to
    purchase/sell:

    TOTAL:             4,213,408   2.11%      2,357,494    1.18%


All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.

Details of any open derivative or option positions, or agreements to purchase or
sell relevant securities, should be given on a Supplemental Form 8 (Open
Positions).

(b)  Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors' and other
executive options)

Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists:
Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:

If there are positions or rights to subscribe to disclose in more than one class
of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 2(a)
or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security.


3.   DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

(a)  Purchases and sales

Class of relevant security   Purchase/sale                 Number of securities         Price per unit

Ordinary                     Purchase                      25,000                       7.378652
Ordinary                     Purchase                      4,323                        7.637614
Ordinary                     Purchase                      35,909                       7.637614
Ordinary                     Purchase                      3,591                        7.637614
Ordinary                     Purchase                      9,189                        7.637614
Ordinary                     Purchase                      220,544                      7.637614
Ordinary                     Purchase                      7,875                        7.637614
Ordinary                     Purchase                      35,909                       7.637614
Ordinary                     Purchase                      200,000                      7.681505
Ordinary                     Purchase                      18,242                       7.596196
Ordinary                     Purchase                      1,337                        7.61
Ordinary                     Purchase                      16,347                       7.61
Ordinary                     Purchase                      526                          7.61
Ordinary                     Purchase                      339                          7.62
Ordinary                     Purchase                      1,643                        7.61
Ordinary                     Purchase                      167                          7.62
Ordinary                     Purchase                      1,371                        7.61
Ordinary                     Purchase                      690                          7.62
Ordinary                     Purchase                      500                          7.61
Ordinary                     Purchase                      795                          7.625
Ordinary                     Purchase                      401                          7.61
Ordinary                     Purchase                      4,229                        7.625
Ordinary                     Purchase                      59                           7.61
Ordinary                     Purchase                      1,107                        7.61
Ordinary                     Purchase                      412                          7.61
Ordinary                     Purchase                      1,442                        7.61
Ordinary                     Purchase                      3,944                        7.61
Ordinary                     Purchase                      8,170                        7.61
Ordinary                     Purchase                      251                          7.62
Ordinary                     Purchase                      55                           7.61
Ordinary                     Purchase                      1,296                        7.61
Ordinary                     Purchase                      1,980                        7.61
Ordinary                     Purchase                      24,969                       7.61
Ordinary                     Purchase                      2,762                        7.61
Ordinary                     Purchase                      294                          7.61
Ordinary                     Purchase                      500                          7.61
Ordinary                     Purchase                      899                          7.61
Ordinary                     Purchase                      1,691                        7.61
Ordinary                     Purchase                      916                          7.61
Ordinary                     Purchase                      1,814                        7.61
Ordinary                     Purchase                      605                          7.61
Ordinary                     Purchase                      12,745                       7.61
Ordinary                     Purchase                      1,086                        7.625
Ordinary                     Purchase                      1,808                        7.61
Ordinary                     Purchase                      1,992                        7.61
Ordinary                     Purchase                      3,193                        7.61
Ordinary                     Purchase                      504                          7.61
Ordinary                     Purchase                      272                          7.61
Ordinary                     Purchase                      2,958                        7.61
Ordinary                     Purchase                      1,210                        7.61
Ordinary                     Purchase                      5,112                        7.61
Ordinary                     Purchase                      338                          7.61
Ordinary                     Purchase                      304                          7.61
Ordinary                     Purchase                      5,378                        7.61
Ordinary                     Purchase                      3,094                        7.61
Ordinary                     Purchase                      150,000                      7.675
Ordinary                     Purchase                      1,302                        7.61
Ordinary                     Purchase                      532                          7.61
Ordinary                     Purchase                      3,721                        7.61
Ordinary                     Purchase                      39,920                       7.637614
Ordinary                     Purchase                      500                          7.61
Ordinary                     Purchase                      500                          7.61
Ordinary                     Purchase                      2223                         7.61
Ordinary                     Purchase                      3170                         7.61
Ordinary                     Purchase                      1,674                        7.61
Ordinary                     Purchase                      161                          7.62
Ordinary                     Purchase                      5019                         7.61
Ordinary                     Purchase                      12                           7.61
Ordinary                     Purchase                      1,889                        7.66
Ordinary                     Purchase                      320                          7.61
Ordinary                     Purchase                      39,920                       7.6224
Ordinary                     Purchase                      333                          7.62
Ordinary                     Purchase                      1,440                        7.61
Ordinary                     Purchase                      1,922                        7.61
Ordinary                     Purchase                      658                          7.61
Ordinary                     Purchase                      1,856                        7.61
Ordinary                     Purchase                      35                           7.62
Ordinary                     Purchase                      2,042                        7.61
Ordinary                     Purchase                      4,123                        7.61
Ordinary                     Purchase                      2,194                        7.61
Ordinary                     Purchase                      500                          7.61
Ordinary                     Purchase                      500                          7.61
Ordinary                     Purchase                      2,000                        7.61
Ordinary                     Purchase                      721                          7.61
Ordinary                     Purchase                      78                           7.61
Ordinary                     Purchase                      1,148                        7.61
Ordinary                     Purchase                      642                          7.625
Ordinary                     Purchase                      5,679                        7.61
Ordinary                     Purchase                      376                          7.61
Ordinary                     Purchase                      1,080                        7.615
Ordinary                     Purchase                      1,052                        7.61
Ordinary                     Purchase                      1,010                        7.61
Ordinary                     Purchase                      998                          7.61
Ordinary                     Purchase                      379                          7.61
Ordinary                     Purchase                      240                          7.61
Ordinary                     Purchase                      822                          7.61
Ordinary                     Purchase                      8,430                        7.61
Ordinary                     Purchase                      59                           7.61
Ordinary                     Purchase                      317,340                      7.637614
Ordinary                     Purchase                      1,900                        7.61
Ordinary                     Purchase                      1,714                        7.61
Ordinary                     Purchase                      1,441                        7.61
Ordinary                     Purchase                      1,988                        7.61
Ordinary                     Purchase                      3,851                        7.61
Ordinary                     Purchase                      154                          7.61
Ordinary                     Purchase                      590                          7.61
Ordinary                     Purchase                      1,620                        7.61
Ordinary                     Purchase                      557                          7.625
Ordinary                     Purchase                      20,792                       7.616252
Ordinary                     Purchase                      10,996                       7.545932
Ordinary                     Purchase                      4,100                        7.66475
Ordinary                     Purchase                      1,089                        7.673338
Ordinary                     Purchase                      2                            7.685
Ordinary                     Purchase                      650,000                      7.647572
Ordinary                     Purchase                      200,000                      7.617505
Ordinary                     Purchase                      1,568                        7.65662
Ordinary                     Purchase                      11,004                       7.58817
Ordinary                     Purchase                      24,629                       7.591491
Ordinary                     Purchase                      834                          7.5863
Ordinary                     Purchase                      150,000                      7.6865
Ordinary                     Purchase                      23,241                       7.653756
Ordinary                     Sale                          -150,000                     7.6865
Ordinary                     Sale                          -500                         7.61
Ordinary                     Sale                          -59                          7.61
Ordinary                     Sale                          -12,745                      7.61
Ordinary                     Sale                          -557                         7.625
Ordinary                     Sale                          -1,442                       7.61
Ordinary                     Sale                          -39,920                      7.637614
Ordinary                     Sale                          -3,094                       7.61
Ordinary                     Sale                          -721                         7.61
Ordinary                     Sale                          -4,123                       7.61
Ordinary                     Sale                          -161                         7.62
Ordinary                     Sale                          -1,992                       7.61
Ordinary                     Sale                          -1,010                       7.61
Ordinary                     Sale                          -642                         7.625
Ordinary                     Sale                          -5,112                       7.61
Ordinary                     Sale                          -526                         7.61
Ordinary                     Sale                          -1,980                       7.61
Ordinary                     Sale                          -2,958                       7.61
Ordinary                     Sale                          -1,674                       7.61
Ordinary                     Sale                          -5,378                       7.61
Ordinary                     Sale                          -1,441                       7.61
Ordinary                     Sale                          -1,814                       7.61
Ordinary                     Sale                          -16,347                      7.61
Ordinary                     Sale                          -532                         7.61
Ordinary                     Sale                          -412                         7.61
Ordinary                     Sale                          -251                         7.62
Ordinary                     Sale                          -3,944                       7.61
Ordinary                     Sale                          -1,988                       7.61
Ordinary                     Sale                          -379                         7.61
Ordinary                     Sale                          -154                         7.61
Ordinary                     Sale                          -690                         7.62
Ordinary                     Sale                          -500                         7.61
Ordinary                     Sale                          -5,679                       7.61
Ordinary                     Sale                          -272                         7.61
Ordinary                     Sale                          -3,170                       7.61
Ordinary                     Sale                          -500                         7.61
Ordinary                     Sale                          -1,086                       7.625
Ordinary                     Sale                          -339                         7.62
Ordinary                     Sale                          -1,620                       7.61
Ordinary                     Sale                          -605                         7.61
Ordinary                     Sale                          -1,210                       7.61
Ordinary                     Sale                          -998                         7.61
Ordinary                     Sale                          -795                         7.625
Ordinary                     Sale                          -1,302                       7.61
Ordinary                     Sale                          -822                         7.61
Ordinary                     Sale                          -1,808                       7.61
Ordinary                     Sale                          -12                          7.61
Ordinary                     Sale                          -150,000                     7.675
Ordinary                     Sale                          -500                         7.61
Ordinary                     Sale                          -1,371                       7.61
Ordinary                     Sale                          -320                         7.61
Ordinary                     Sale                          -338                         7.61
Ordinary                     Sale                          -1900                        7.61
Ordinary                     Sale                          -1052                        7.61
Ordinary                     Sale                          -3851                        7.61
Ordinary                     Sale                          -1107                        7.61
Ordinary                     Sale                          -1440                        7.61
Ordinary                     Sale                          -1643                        7.61
Ordinary                     Sale                          -3,193                       7.61
Ordinary                     Sale                          -1,922                       7.61
Ordinary                     Sale                          -240                         7.61
Ordinary                     Sale                          -2762                        7.61
Ordinary                     Sale                          -35                          7.62
Ordinary                     Sale                          -1296                        7.61
Ordinary                     Sale                          -401                         7.61
Ordinary                     Sale                          -294                         7.61
Ordinary                     Sale                          -376                         7.61
Ordinary                     Sale                          -500                         7.61
Ordinary                     Sale                          -590                         7.61
Ordinary                     Sale                          -2,223                       7.61
Ordinary                     Sale                          -2,194                       7.61
Ordinary                     Sale                          -1,856                       7.61
Ordinary                     Sale                          -658                         7.61
Ordinary                     Sale                          -916                         7.61
Ordinary                     Sale                          -24,969                      7.61
Ordinary                     Sale                          -1,889                       7.66
Ordinary                     Sale                          -8,430                       7.61
Ordinary                     Sale                          -504                         7.61
Ordinary                     Sale                          -1,080                       7.615
Ordinary                     Sale                          -55                          7.61
Ordinary                     Sale                          -500                         7.61
Ordinary                     Sale                          -78                          7.61
Ordinary                     Sale                          -304                         7.61
Ordinary                     Sale                          -8,170                       7.61
Ordinary                     Sale                          -333                         7.62
Ordinary                     Sale                          -317,340                     7.637614
Ordinary                     Sale                          -1,148                       7.61
Ordinary                     Sale                          -1,337                       7.61
Ordinary                     Sale                          -5,019                       7.61
Ordinary                     Sale                          -4,229                       7.625
Ordinary                     Sale                          -59                          7.61
Ordinary                     Sale                          -1,691                       7.61
Ordinary                     Sale                          -2,042                       7.61
Ordinary                     Sale                          -899                         7.61
Ordinary                     Sale                          -3,721                       7.61
Ordinary                     Sale                          -167                         7.62
Ordinary                     Sale                          -2,000                       7.61
Ordinary                     Sale                          -1,714                       7.61
Ordinary                     Sale                          -18,164                      7.541463
Ordinary                     Sale                          -17,944                      7.657571
Ordinary                     Sale                          -21,677                      7.610074
Ordinary                     Sale                          -600                         7.615
Ordinary                     Sale                          -10,206                      7.61
Ordinary                     Sale                          -1,184                       7.615
Ordinary                     Sale                          -7,513                       7.610777
Ordinary                     Sale                          -582                         7.615
Ordinary                     Sale                          -11,004                      7.587487
Ordinary                     Sale                          -1,716                       7.4
Ordinary                     Sale                          -20,883                      7.625952
Ordinary                     Sale                          -5,626                       7.627847
Ordinary                     Sale                          -11,004                      7.588168
Ordinary                     Sale                          -157,264                     7.61141
Ordinary                     Sale                          -8,234                       7.615
Ordinary                     Sale                          -30,000                      7.675

(b)  Derivatives transactions (other than options)

Class of       Product        Nature of         Number of     Price
relevant       description    dealing           reference     per unit
security       e.g. CFD       e.g. opening/     securities
                              closing a long/
                              short position,
                              increasing/
                              reducing
                              a long/short
                              position
Ordinary       CFD            Long              1,716         7.4
Ordinary       CFD            Long              11,004        7.5874
Ordinary       CFD            Short             834           7.5862
Ordinary       CFD            Short             24,629        7.5914


(c)  Options transactions in respect of existing securities

(i)  Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

 Class of        Product          Writing,        Number of       Exercise       Type      Expiry date  Option money
 relevant      description       purchasing,    securities to    price per       e.g.                      paid/
 security       e.g. call     selling, varying   which option       unit      American,                 received per
                  option            etc.           relates                     European                     unit
                                                                                 etc.


(ii) Exercising

 Class of relevant security      Product description           Number of securities       Exercise price per unit
                                   e.g. call option



(d)  Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

   Class of relevant                Nature of dealing                     Details              Price per unit (if
        security              e.g. subscription, conversion                                       applicable)



The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.

Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of
the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 3(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as
appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.

4.   OTHER INFORMATION

(a)  Indemnity and other dealing arrangements

Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding, formal or informal, relating to
relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal or refrain from dealing entered into by the person making the
disclosure and any party to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer:
If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"




(b)  Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or
derivatives

Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between the person making the disclosure and
any other person relating to:
(i)the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or
(ii)the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative is
referenced:
If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"




(c)  Attachments

Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?                  NO


Date of disclosure:                                        20 April 2010
Contact name:                                              Geoff Smith
Telephone number:                                          0207 116 2913

Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory
Information Service and must also be emailed to the Takeover Panel at
[e-mail].  The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is available
for consultation in relation to the Code's dealing disclosure requirements on
[phone].

The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.